Starting fresh

This morning I was able to get up and work w/ a client. It felt good to get back into the swing of things. I love working w/ other people because it is just motivating. I've gone walking (w/ neighbors) the last few days and again this morning. I'll probably do a run later today because it is just beautiful, overcast, and asking me to.

I'm hoping that the scale will be happy with me on Sunday. I've been drinking loads of water yesterday and today. (As noted by my hundreds of trips to the restroom.) I honestly think I've already drank OVER 50oz of water this morning alone.

I haven't been tracking my calories strictly, but I have been eating a lot of fresh and/or homemade food. Yummy... Gotta' keep pressing forward.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
A lack of exercise can cause fatigue, weakness, and lethargy. It all makes sense, but it's so hard to get out of a funk once you're there. Just get up and go for a walk. Don't worry about putting on work-out clothes or anything, just go. Just get up and do some jumping jacks. Right now! And then, go for a walk, do some lunges, and come back and feel much better about yourself. You'll also have just increased your energy expenditure which will mean you should have a bit more energy to expend tomorrow. Happy exercising!

Grrr.....

So. I've taken a big step backwards.

I now weigh 1**lbs! I have been wanting to get down to my goal weight and now I'm almost 18lbs from it! I want to do this though! This is for me! I can do it!

I suffer so much mentally, physically (obviously), and spiritually when I don't take care of myself. I really need to focus on eating better and being more active REGULARLY! I am definitely an active person, but I'm not consistent with it. I can do better though. This is a new start. My birthday is next week. I want to give myself the gift of health. I want to maintain it for many birthdays to come! I know I have to start now. This is for me! This is for my family (so I can better serve them). This is for my future. Here goes.

So... starting weight loss goal: 17.6lbs.
Next weigh-in: Sunday evening. Yes, evening...

PS-I made a TON of homemade & delicious granola today! Yeah... that's some heavy food... literally, it is just weighing me down! The end.

Apologize

Dear friends and blog-stalkers,
{haha, yeah right. Blog-stalkers... this blog?}

I am so sorry that I've slacked in blogging. Oh well... life goes on.

1st- One of my New Year's resolutions is to exercise 3x/wk to maintain more consistency in my routine. SO far, so good. even if I have to just do a few strength workouts before bed to make it count... it still counts!

2nd- I'm thinking about starting up the fitness classes again on Tuesday and Thursday nights. If I'm going to do it two nights a week, there will be a small (and I mean super-small) fee just to help keep me motivated to continue the classes. Once a week I'd probably be more willing to do free, but the second class will require a super-minimal fee. I mean, I technically am a personal trainer, so this is a gi-normous deal for you! I just love working out with friends and helping people fall in love with themselves again!

3rd- I think I'm going to try and post more regular fitness facts or answers to questions. What kind of questions do you have? Please comment and leave them and I will answer all of them! It will also help me to be more regular with blogging.

4th- I've still maintained my weight at a happy medium. The "contest" has kinda' dissolved (we totally just forgot about it) but at least I haven't gained anything! That's a plus! {C'mon, gotta' be positive!}

5th- No, there's not really anything else to say. I just wanted to post another number 'cuz 5 sounds like a nice round number of points.... or whatever. :P

So, post your questions and tell me if you want to do the class and what day/time would be best for you. Depending on the interest we might be able to do more classes throughout the week. I don't mind one bit as long as it fits into my schedule! I love all those who came and love making more friends always, always, always!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Your friend and trainer,

Coach Karisa

A Little Competition Never Hurt...

So... two of our friends challenged us to see who could reach our fitness goals. We weigh-in once a week, did starting measurements, and plan on doing ending measurements. So far, us "wives" both got a bit closer to our goal, but the "husbands" just stayed the same. In order to better motivate ourselves we are encouraging ourselves with prizes and rewards for reaching our goal. I'm more motivated. I've got another 11 weeks or so of this competition and we'll see how it turns out. I'm so excited and pleased with myself!

Yay for a little competition!

Friends

My husband and I have combined with two of our friends to reach our goals and encourage each other. Last night we all weighed ourselves (yup... after Thanksgiving weekend!) and I took everyone's measurements. We are so excited to get working on this and I'm excited to see what really ends up happening. I love that FRIENDS really can help to be so motivating though! Here we go!

Classes are continuing

I know I've been missing for a while from this blog.

Good news...
Classes have been going on whether or not the blogging world knows about it and they have all been successful. I told those who attend that I need at least two people to come each week otherwise I'll cancel it for the week. I've never once had to cancel it. We've had a great variety of people coming and I absolutely love it!

Tonight we are going to mix things up a bit (got moved from Tues to tonight due to church-activity-time-conflicts). We are going to do a class tonight that focuses on the core muscles and hip-region instead of the circuit-training-like stuff we've been doing the last two months or so. Make sure you bring a mat or a towel and all are welcome. The time for tonight is at 5:45pm. See you all there!

Updates & Urging

First:
Go and VOTE today!
This is my "urging" for you...

Second:
Fitness Class. My House. 6-7pm. Tonight.
Be there, or be... round?


Third:
I am back to working out regularly. My goal is simply to do SOMETHING 6 days a week. Even if it is just a 20 minute walk.

Last night I did a Stretch & Tone class at the YMCA and love, love, loved it! I forgot how much I enjoy doing classes and yoga (which was incorporated lots).

Fit and healthy body, here I come!